Hoop-skirt



(No Model.)

0. E. BROWN.,

H001? SKIRT. No. 329,271. Patented Oct. 27, 1885-..

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UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

canne n. BROWN, or JAoKsoN, MICHIGAN.

HOOP-SKIRT.

SPECIFICATION i forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,271, dated October 27,1885.

Application filed J une 23, 1885.

.To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, OALEB E. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Hoop-Skirts, of which the fol-y The letter A designates the waistband; Bf .the two vertical front tapes; B', the two side tapes, and B2 the rearl tape, all of which hang from the waistband. 1

By preference all the hoops are made of a single continuous piece of wire. mencing end of the wire' maybe located at any point. Commenoing at a point, 1, at the side and near the front above where the knees would come, the wire passes up and diagonally across the front c, around one hip, c', across the back d, just below the waistband, around the other hip, c, then inclining down and diagonally across the front @,where it crosses at f the first diagonal, then continuing down to the opposite side, g, then straight around the back IL and up the. side i, again up and diagonally across the front c, (below where it crossed first,) around one hip, c', across the back d, -around the other hip, c, then again down and diagonally across the front, as before. These windings are repeated as often as may be deemed desirable-say from four to ten times. Each time the wire crosses one of the tapes it is made fast thereto by a suitable fastening or clip,` j.

By this construction these windings, which in the present instance number seven, form an upper nestor series of hoops, which have position l at the top or back of the skirt, inclining therefrom as they cross the position of the hips and thighs, and leave below the front cross-v ing-place, f, an inverted-V-shape space, la, for the knees.

Above the front crossing-point is the necessary front or abdomen opening, U, and the usual front buckle, n, of the waistband at The com?" this point provides forspreading the skirt open when putting it on or adjusting it to the person.

An advantage of this construction in forming the front or abdomen'opening, l, is that there-are no ends of hoops attached to tapes, as is commonly the casein other skirts atleach side of this front opening. Anotheradvantage of this construction of the upper series of hoops lies in the absence of hoops at the seat. By reason of this seat opening or space p the wearerl can take a seat without sitting on the hoop's.

A lower nest or series of horizontal hoops, L, are suspended to the tapes, and the uppermost hoop of this series is low enough to avoid or remain belowthe knees of the wearer. The inverted-V4sl1aped'knee space or open- `ing above referred to is at the vfront between the' uppermost hoop of the lower series and the front crossing-place, f, of the upper series. By preferenoethe lower series of hoops are formed. by a continuation of the same piece of wire which composes the upper series. The last hoop,'h,of the upper series merges intothe, lowerv series, and said wire terminates finally at the point 2. When the wearer sits down, the front crossed part, f, of lthe hoops will lie on the lap close up to the body, and thev lower sides of the hoops in front will-drop on the shins, while the knees of the person find room at the inverted V shape Opening k..

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- A hoop-skirt having in combination a waistband, vertical tapes hanging from the waistband, a lower series of horizontal hoops below the knee, and an upper series of hoops which extend across the back d just below the waistband, incline down vat the hips, ex-

tend from the hips diagonally down and across IOO 

